Do I Need a Structural Engineer Report? Absolutely!
๐ฃ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ โ ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ง ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐?
This house was about to be renovated, but the owner was concerned about โbouncing floorsโ and called Forensic Engineers to investigate.
Our expert investigation found;
โข The house stumps have subsided and were leaning severely
โข There were other very serious problems with the house bearers and foundations and more..
โข There was no doubt that the house and renovations would sustain damages unless the house was re-stumped first.
๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ด.
๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ โ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ!!
The buyer of this house was concerned about brick cracks.
Our expert investigation found:
โข The house had some foundation movements
โข The house footings had not moved significantly
โข The wall cracks were only in masonry joints
โข The masonry joint were filled with mortar instead of an elasticated compound
โข Repairs were simple; replace the joint seals with an industry standard, elasticated compound
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐บ.
๐๐ผ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ โ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ก๐๐??
The buyer was very concerned about the slab edge beam not being on solid ground.
Our expert investigation found:
โข The house had a waffle-pod slab
โข There were some areas where the slab edge was not supported on solid ground
โข The slab was also suspended on piers and also anchored into a retaining wall
โข There had been no deflections of the house slab
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ-๐ข๐ด-๐ข-๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐บ.
๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ โ ๐ฝ๐ค๐ฎ-๐ค๐-๐๐ค๐ฎ โ ๐พ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ!!!
This property was built in the 80โs and was being put up for sale and the agent was concerned about house cracks. So she called Forensic Engineers.
And Wow! We found a lot of wall cracks, and more!
Our expert investigation found
โข Massive wall & ceiling cracks, tears and gaps
โข Huge variations in floor levels
โข Serious slab bending
โข Significant slope from the front-left to the rear-right corner.
โข Highly plastic clay soils shrinking and swelling
โข Inadequate footings and slab.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ด. And it's not likely to be ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
SINK HOLES IN TAIGUM, HOUSE SETTLEMENTS IN KURABY & SUBSIDENCE IN MERMAID WATERS
๐ ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ.
๐ง๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ - ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
- A broken water pipe had caused a large sink hole to form under a townhouse driveway.
- The residents we are afraid that the driveway could collapse and that other damages might appear!
- Thank goodness that our Expert Investigation found that the slab had not been damaged.
- The damage was localized.
- So we recommended the hole could be filled and the driveway slab re-supported using either Polyurethane Resin Injection, or with hyflow cementitious grout aka "Mud-Jacking".
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ C๐ฎ๐๐ฒ - ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ.
- This older house had serious movements of the perimeter footings and the stumps under the floor.
- Most of Kuraby has highly plastic clay founding soils which can cause footings to seriously lift and settle and often "rotate" (lean).
- The footings had moved so much that the timber floor had become unstable.
- So we recommended vacating the house. And then comprehensive re-stumping & replacement of the perimeter base and footings.
๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ - ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ P๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ O๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ.
- The townhouse complex is located on compressible landfill which has been slowly settling for decades.
- We identified recent cracks and gaps and serious variations in the floor levels which would be due to active settlements of the founding materials.
- We considered a number of methods for stabilizing the house footings and the only reliable one would be using conventional underpinning, possibly incorporating some steel screw piers where a water table is encountered.
๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ & ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
Sink Holes, Subsidence, Voids under Footings & Slabs
These are common foundation issues we investigate every day.
Be alert.
Sink Holes can be some simple, localized surface erosion that cannot affect the integrity of structures. Or they can be caused by more serious and deep erosion, deep subsidence or even soil liquefaction.ย If you find any of these things happening around your home, the most important thing is to get an expert structural engineer report to determine the cause and what needs to be done to ensure your home is stable.
Act now.
In some cases the problem could develop into serious damage which can require expensive repairs.
Peace-of-mind
In some cases the structure may not be affected at all by ground movements, and thank goodness! A report from Forensic Engineers can provide peace-of-mind.
Noticed some ground movements around your home?ย Contact us for a chat and a free quote to schedule a thorough Engineer Investigation and Report.
Own, Buying or Selling a House with Cracks?
Wall, ceiling or floor cracks & gaps?
It may be simple wear & tear, or it may be a sign of some Subsidence.
It may also Subsidence that is serious and could gradually get worse and worse.
And there are also cases where subsidence & cracks have cleverly been covered up, particularly with houses that are renovated & "flipped".
Expert Structural Engineer Reports
Our expert Structural Engineer Reports identify old and new subsidence and cracks and determine if they are serious or wear-and-tear. And if if they are likely to get worse and if any stabilizing or underpinning is necessary.
Peace-of-Mind
Building cracks can develop by wear & tear or from foundation movements and Forensic Engineers are the independent experts to turn to for an expert analysis and for peace-of-mind.
Contact us for a free quote for an independent engineer report.
Subsidence & Wall Cracks: Underpinning Free Home Assessment was Wrong
The owner of this townhouse had a free wall cracks assessment from a very chatty & charming underpinning sales rep.
And the underpinning sales rep told him that these wall cracks were caused by very serious subsidence and that Underpinning was needed URGENTLY!
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
At Forensic Engineers we specialize in expert subsidence reports that identify how serious damage are and what are the root causes. And most importantly, we are 100% independent and have the property owners interests at heart.
In this case, our comprehensive investigation found that there had only been some very slight footing movements.
And, the scary cracks were just fine cracks in highly weathered wall render and there had been a build-up of black mould!
Yes. The underpinning sales rep did not even know the difference between mould and serious wall cracks & subsidence.
Forensic Engineers are the wall crack & subsidence specialists.
We are 100% independent.
We are on your side and we are definitely not trying to sell you any underpinning.
Home Owner Saved Thousands on Underpinning
Structural Engineer Underpinning Report:
This is a recent case in Marsden and there has been some serious subsidence.
We identified the causes of the subsidence and we recommended some conventional underpinning to support the settled footings and to correct the level variations. Fortunately the problem was only for one corner of the house and our estimate was for 6 or 7 underpins, and the cost would be quite reasonable.
Fortunately, this was a routine case and the subsidence area was limited.
But Guess What?
We were astounded when the home owner told us an Underpinner's Free Home Assessment had estimated for at least a dozen underpins and that would be twice the actual cost!
That's right. The normal industry rate for a job like this would be HALF of was quoted.
In this case,ย we determined that conventional reinforced concrete underpinning was the most effective and affordable. Other methods such as Resin Injection would not stabilize the founding soils. And Steel Screw Piers would not be necessary or cost effective.
We recommended that the owner should get in touch with some genuine underpinners to get a more reasonable proposal.
Thinking of underpinning? Contact us for an Expert Structural Engineer Report.
We Are Independent and We Aren't Trying to Sell You Anything.
Subsidence, Wall Cracks, Sink Holes, Stump Damage
Structural Engineer Reports needed from Forensic Engineers.
These are cases we deal with every day.
Case 1) A house at Warner had serious settlements under a slab. We found the causes, assessed the slab condition and gave expert recommendations to re-support the slab. In this case pressure grouting was the most practical and affordable repair.
Case 2) A Tweed Heads house with possibly serious subsidence problems. We found that there had been some footing settlements a long time ago, but the house was now stable. Some drainage work and expert crack repair required - no underpinning needed! A terrific result.
Case 3) Walloon house with serious slab movements. We are in Walloon just about every week! If you are looking to buy a house in this area and the Building & Pest Report finds wall cracks - for peace-of-mind, call us to arrange an Expert Structural Engineer Report. In most cases there are some movements of the house footings and site works can help to keep the house relatively stable. In other cases where serious movements and damages are evident, traditional underpinning is the most effective method for stabilization, level correction and crack closure.
Case 4) A house on-the-market at Stafford. The buyer was concerned that damaged stumps have caused structural damages to the house. Our expert investigation found that apart from some stumps that were past their "use-by" date, the house was "sound-as-a pound".
Forensic Engineers: Expert RPEQ Structural Engineer Reports
Body Corp: Structural Engineer Report, SUBSIDENCE & WALL CRACKS
๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฝ: ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐, ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐. ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐. Fast, accurate, affordable & great to deal with.
๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐;
๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ & ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ด.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ด (๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ค๐ค๐ถ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด) & ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐.๐. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ณ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ (๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บโฆ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บ).
๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ท๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ญ; ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ โ๐ข ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆโ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ด ๐ถ๐ฑ
John & Simone.
Wall Cracks, Subsidence, Underpinning, Structural Engineer Reports
๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น, ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐, ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป, ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต.
HERE ARE SOME RECENT CASES;
๐ญ) ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ;
Cracks in a nib-wall. We found that there was no footing under this section of the wall and it needed a footing extension to support it. We recommended an expert Repair Builder who completed the new section of footing and repaired the nib-wall quickly and economically.
๐ฎ) ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ;
Soil swell ("heave")ย lifted the driveway slab, but the house is fine.
๐ฏ) ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ;
Some gaps in the exterior and some cracks in the garage slab. But our investigation found there were not any significant footing or slab deflections.
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๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐.
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Renovating a House with Subsidence and Wall Cracks
๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ช๐จ๐
It's really important to find the actual cause of the cracks, so that any repairs will last and cracks don't re-appear again and again.
๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ
That's why the owner of this Carindale house called Forensic Engineers to prepare an expert Structural Engineer Report.
Our expert investigation found old and recent subsidence & cracks, and footing settlements as well as footing rotation (leaning). We also identified that the house was built on an old gully that had been filled in and the landfill was subsiding bit-by-bit, year-after-year and this was causing the house cracks.
๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ญ๐ฉ
Our expert Structural Engineer Report found that Stabilizing the footings and permanent wall crack repair would require underpinning of most of the house footings with conventional underpinning.
๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ก๐ฅ
Home renovations are expensive, so if there are any worrying wall or ceiling cracks, it's really important to make sure the foundations are stable by getting an expert independent Engineer Subsidence Report from Forensic Engineers from the get-go